PlantNetwork Newsletter No.23 Nov 2003

PlantNetwork publishes a regular newsletter containing news and information from botanic gardens, arboreta and holders of other documented plant collections in Britain and Ireland. This newsletter is only available to members of PlantNetwork. Institutional members receive several copies of the Newsletter for circulation amongst their staff.

• From the Chairman 
• PlantNet meetings
• Tour of Arboreta in Southwest Ireland 
• Plant Records for Conservation
• Global Strategy for Plant Conservation
• Appointments, vacancies & awards
• RHS Bursaries
• RHS Fellowship in Plant Diversity
• Can you help?
• Turku Botanic Garden seeks conservation partners
• Artistic associations with Birmingham ethnobotany
• Spread of Rhododendron ponticum
• Friends and volunteers
• University of Birmingham Botanic Garden at Winterbourne
• Volunteer booklet at Westonbirt Arboretum
• Friends of Ness give aid for George Forrest’s biography
• Community Networking at GreenSpace
• Advanced Certificate in Volunteer Management
• Education and training
• BGEN
• Mini Seed Bank for Schools
• Lichen Projects for Schools
• International Training Programmes at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew in 2004
• Conservation
• CBD for Botanists
• Global Strategy for Plant Conservation
• ENSCONET - European Native Seed Conservation Network
• Rare Plants Display at Bristol Zoo Gardens
• Reports of past meetings
• Gardens as Visitor Attractions
• Glasshouses: Old Structures, New Growth
• Plant and Landscape Maintenance Under Glass
• Tree Management Systems at Bedgebury Pinetum
• PlantNet Technical Training Days
• Herbaceous Borders
• Rhododendron Identification
• Cultivation of Bulbs
• Report of EuroGard III
• News from gardens
• New Reserve for Cryptogams
• World Rose Garden Opens in Glasgow Botanic Gardens
• Westonbirt Plan
• BGCI Website: www.bgci.org
• Demeter Update
• Adapting BG-Recorder
• Accessing Interpretation and Quality of Experience
• Audio Guide to RHS Wisley
• New Gateway for RBGE
• Rock Garden Repairs at Cragside
• British Conifer Society
• Empty Glasshouses!
• Sir Joseph Paxton 1803–65
• Kew World Heritage Site
• Restored Kitchen Garden at Knightshayes
• Zoo Horticulture Update
• Tourism Oscar for RHS Rosemoor
• Meetings and conferences
• RHS Bicentenary 1804–2004
• British Lichen Society AGM & Workshop
• Garden Leisure and Tourism
• Botanic Gardens – A World of Resources and Heritage for Humankind
• Ecology and Management of Rhododendron ponticum: invasive alien or neglected native?
• Loving the Aliens?
• Exhibitions
• DNA in the Garden Exhibit Tours
• Country Cures - A collection of historical natural remedies
• Home and Garden
• Below Stairs: 400 years of servants’ portraits
• The Romance of Orchid Discovery
• John Day Scrapbooks
• Publications
• Diary